Real life hoaxes, frauds, schemes, and imposters
2. 
The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Impostor
by:
Mark Seal
3.85 avg rating — 5,754 ratings 3. 
Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger
by:
Lee Israel
3.24 avg rating — 4,305 ratings 4. 
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
by:
John Carreyrou
4.41 avg rating — 276,379 ratings 5. 
Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
by:
Kevin Young
3.17 avg rating — 1,068 ratings 6. 
Hoax: A History of Deception: 5,000 Years of Fakes, Forgeries, and Fallacies
by:
Ian Tattersall
3.33 avg rating — 173 ratings 
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The Woman Who Wasn't There: The True Story of an Incredible Deception 3.79 avg rating — 3,127 ratings
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The Accountant's Story: Inside the Violent World of the Medellin Cartel 3.70 avg rating — 2,380 ratings
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The Woman Who Fooled the World: Belle Gibson's Cancer Con, and the Darkness at the Heart of the Wellness Industry
by:
Beau Donelly
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,319 ratings 9. 
The Russia Hoax: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump
by:
Gregg Jarrett
4.34 avg rating — 1,921 ratings 9. 
The Greatest Hoax on Earth: Catching Truth, While We Can
by:
Alan C. Logan
4.06 avg rating — 218 ratings 9. 
American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History
by:
Casey Michel
4.13 avg rating — 683 ratings 17. 
The Baby Thief: The Untold Story of Georgia Tann, the Baby Seller Who Corrupted Adoption 3.59 avg rating — 2,953 ratings
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Witch Hunt: The Story of the Greatest Mass Delusion in American Political History
by:
Gregg Jarrett
4.31 avg rating — 481 ratings 17. 
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Scan Artist: How Evelyn Wood Convinced the World That Speed-Reading Worked
by:
Marcia Biederman
3.10 avg rating — 134 ratings 21. 
The True Story of Fake News: How Mainstream Media Manipulates Millions
by:
Mark Dice
4.40 avg rating — 490 ratings 
24. 
I Love You Phillip Morris: A True Story of Life, Love, & Prison Breaks
by:
Steve McVicker
3.56 avg rating — 363 ratings 24. 
The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
by:
Sharyl Attkisson
4.22 avg rating — 1,471 ratings 
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The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century
by:
Edward Dolnick
3.88 avg rating — 4,987 ratings 27. 
Kingdom of Lies: Unnerving Adventures in the World of Cybercrime
by:
Kate Fazzini
3.18 avg rating — 426 ratings 29. 
Secrets Never Lie: The Death of Sara Tokars--A Southern Tragedy of Money, Murder, and Innocence Betrayed
by:
R.R. McDonald
3.20 avg rating — 44 ratings 30. 
Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of a Financial Legend
by:
Mitchell Zuckoff
3.93 avg rating — 1,196 ratings 30. 
A Life of Lies and Spies: Tales of a CIA Covert Ops Polygraph Interrogator
by:
Alan B. Trabue
3.47 avg rating — 77 ratings 32. 
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street: More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison (The Wolf of Wall Street, #2)
by:
Jordan Belfort
3.90 avg rating — 4,507 ratings 32. 
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
by:
Lawrence Wright
4.04 avg rating — 44,513 ratings 34. 
The Hit Charade: Lou Pearlman, Boy Bands, and the Biggest Ponzi Scheme in U.S. History
by:
Tyler Gray
3.40 avg rating — 125 ratings 34. 
Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
by:
Selwyn Raab
4.14 avg rating — 6,318 ratings 
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The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
by:
Sam Kean
4.01 avg rating — 9,592 ratings 38. 
Madoff: Corruption, Deceit, and the Making of the World's Most Notorious Ponzi Scheme
by:
Peter J. Sander
3.31 avg rating — 29 ratings 38. 
Travesty in Haiti: A True Account of Christian Missions, Orphanages, Fraud, Food Aid and Drug Trafficking 4.01 avg rating — 342 ratings
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Men Is Cheap: Exposing the Frauds of Free Labor in Civil War America
by:
Brian P Luskey
3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings 41. 
Caraboo: The Servant Girl Princess : The Real Story of the Grand Hoax
by:
Jennifer Raison
3.62 avg rating — 13 ratings 41. 
The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
by:
Anthony M. Amore
3.54 avg rating — 1,174 ratings 43. 
Conning Harvard: Adam Wheeler, the Con Artist Who Faked His Way into the Ivy League
by:
Julie Zauzmer
3.56 avg rating — 298 ratings 
45. 
Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics
by:
Richard Evershed
3.89 avg rating — 157 ratings 47. 
The Art of the Steal: How to Protect Yourself and Your Business from Fraud, America's #1 Crime 3.77 avg rating — 853 ratings